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Gov. Ned Lamont Tuesday approved a plan that allows greater oversight by the state of West Haven’s finances.

Gov. Ned Lamont Tuesday approved the recommendation of the Municipality Accountability Review Board (MARB) to have the state provide the greatest level of state oversight of West Haven’s finances allowed under state law. The move designates West Haven as a Tier IV municipality. The city has been under the microscope after a former state representative and others were accused...

Members of a state oversight board decided Thursday they need greater control over the finances of West Haven, Connecticut. The city has been under the microscope after a former state representative and others were accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds awarded to the municipality. The Municipal Accountability Review Board voted to recommend that West…

The vote to move from tier Three to tier four follows an audit that showed significant problems with the city’s policies and procedures.

Two more people, including the wife of former state representative Michael DiMassa, have been charged in connection with an investigation into the misuse of federal COVID-19 funds provided to West Haven.

Federal investigators made two new arrests in the ongoing probe into the misuse of COVID-19 relief funds in West Haven. The new arrests are connected to the investigation into former state representative Michael DiMassa and how he distributed the federal funds in 2021. DiMassa, who was also a West Haven city employee, and a second city employee, John Bernado, were…

Cities and towns are under scrutiny following the arrest of a Democratic state lawmaker who, according to the federal government, funneled more than $600,0000 in COVID-19 funds to a company he owned. Elected officials want to make sure it didn’t happen anywhere else. “What I find as an elected official that’s so disappointing is that the trust that we...

Michael DiMassa, an aide to the West Haven City Council, has resigned amid scrutiny of the city’s spending of federal pandemic relief money, officials said. The lawmaker submitted an official resignation to the City of West Haven on Thursday. His resignation will become effective on Monday, Oct. 25. DiMassa, 30, of West Haven, is a state legislator accused of defrauding…